Drive the 2009 AT&T Williams FW31 Formula One car!

It's something you've waited your entire life to hear, "today you get to drive an F1 racecar." iRacing.com has announced that it will be building a virtual version of the AT&T Williams FW31 F1 car from the 2009 season. There is no question that Williams F1 saw the opportunity and had to take advantage of the "superb quality and extreme degree of accuracy of iRacing's simulation," as Tom Potter, Williams F1's Commercial Alliances Manager commented. The car's data collection process has only begun recently, so the F1 car is not expected to join the iRacing vehicle inventory until later this year.

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You might be surprised to hear that iRacing's internet-based service is much more than a video game. The simulation service attracts members ranging from "full-time professional racing drivers to fans who may never sit in a racing car in the physical world." In fact, Indy's Justin Wilson and NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. have been known to familiarize themselves with tracks by utilizing the millimeter-accurate virtual tracks offered by iRacing. The virtual copies of race cars are equally perfected. Danica Patrick has been using the simulation service in her transition to NASCAR to understand the dynamics of the heavier, smaller tire stockcar.